Game device



Oct; 16, 1928. 1,687,775 E. LE$TAGE GAME DEVICE I Filed Oct. 18, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor fl leata E. LESTAGE I GAME DEVICE Filed Oct. 18, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I 11 'ventor Attvrney Z2219 ladle e" I J I the container.

Patented Get. 16, 1928.

[ELITE LESTAGE, or new B ne-o e," new r-Team.

GAME DEVI E] Application'filed October-18, i927. -sermi No. 2263295 This invention relates to new and useful improvements in game devices, and aims to provide a device that isconstructed and adapted for use in association with the general game of marbles; In carrying out the present invention, there is provided a con tamer having a relatively small opening in the top wall thereof through which'the players attempt to drop marbles one at a time,'and while standing at a point considerably above Furthermore the interior of the container is constructed to provide a plurality of compartments having openings at their lowerends and through which the marbies will pass from where they may be readily removed, the marbles being adapted to descend in the respective compartments by gravity.

Preferably the exterior of the-container at points adjacent the openings of the compartments is provided withvarious numbers reprcsentative of odds that will be given by t banker of the game in the event'the contestants are successful in dropping their marbles through the opening the container and their resultant iuck in l'iaving'their marbles passed to the different compartments of the container.

Obviously in the event the contestants marbles fail to pass through the opening in the container they will become the property of the banker of the game.

y reason'of a device of this characterthereprovided a highlyamusing game device -.Y w1 1,. i i

hereby tue contestants Wlll becaused to isplay considerabie skill in ii-dglng a straight line between the fingers'holding a marble and 4 the opening in the container. The practicmg of a game employing thedevice as con,-

structed in accordance with the present invention will assist the players in controlling their nerves insoinuch as it will require a very crate wit-lithe cone 10 for dividing themterior of the container 5 into a plurality of 1 steady hand to support the marble in such a position as to-cause the same to drop into the opening in the container.

An important Ob]6Ct of the device 13 toprovide a very simply and inexpensively con-- structed device, the same including but few parts, and these so correlated as to reducethe possibility of disarrangement to a minimum.

With the foregoing and other objects in.

view as the nature of the invention will be better understood, the same comprises the novel form, combination and arrangement O of parts hereinafter more fully, described, shown in the accompanying; drawings and claimed." V I In; the drawings \vhereinli-ke reference characters Y indicate corresponding throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my device. Figxure'Q is adetail vertical section. Figure 3' is a top plan view, the top Wall of the containerbei-ng removed.

i Figure 4 is a side elevation, the container being 'brokenawayfor more clearly disclos- 111g thGiCOllSiZI'HCtlOII of the interior thereof.

angles to Figure 2, and v Figurefi is a bottom plan view.- a

having particular reference to the Fi ure 5 is a vertical sectionv taken at right drawings, mynov'e'l device consists of a cylin dri a-lrcontaincr 5 of predetermined area open at. its opposite ends as clearly disclosed in Figures 2, Land 5. The upper'end of this container is provided with :an, outwardly extending flange 6, while disposed thereon is a concavo-convex-lid 7, theyedge of; which is parts bent around the container flangefi sov as to*- provide a tight joint therebetweem The cen- .=ter"of 'tliis' lid 7 is provided with a relatively small circular opening8 preferably formed -with a dc ending flange 9.

Arranged within this container 5 is a cone 10 that is attached at its lower edge to the lower edge of the container-5 by welding, soldering or the like. The n per end of this 'cone 1 0 terminates a slight istanc'e beneath the upper end of the container 5 as clearly disclosed in Fi ures 2 and 5. The 11 J )er end b a I I or apex of this cone 10 is formedwith a circular opening and detachablv arranged therein is a rubber bumper hall 1 1, while arranged upon the outer surface of this cone 10' at spaced predetermined points arev inverted V- shaped partition Walls 12, which will coop- V-shaped compartments 12. The apices of these inverted V-shaped compartments 12are inclined as disclosed in Figures 2, 4 and '5,

shaped partitions being suitably secured to the cone and to the container by soldering,

welding or the like.

From a considerationof Figures 2 and 5,.

' four compartments 13 with openings 14 while formed around, said openings are suitable marble catching troughs 15 from which the marbles may be easily removed after passage therein. It is preferable that the container 5 directly abovethe openings 14 have printed or otherwise applied thereto numerals rang-- ing from 1 to 4/ In the event the marble pa sses through the number 4% opening, the odds will be our to one and the banker of the game must then give the successful party four of his marbles. The other numbers designate similar odds. When the contestants fail to drop their marbles through the opening 8 in the container lid 7, said marbles become the property of the banker of the game.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a highly novel, simple, skillful and amusing game device that is well adapted for allthe purposes heretofore designated, even though I have herein shown and described the invention as consisting of certain detail structural elements, it is; nevertheless to be understood that some changes may be made therein without affecting the spirit and scope of the appended claims. 7

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a device of the character described, a container, having an opening centrally of its top wall, a cone arranged centrally within the container terminating at its upper end beneath the top Wall of the container, a, plurality of partitions arranged Within the container around said cone for dividing the interior of the container into a plurality'of compartments, and said container being formed adjacent the lower ends of thecompartments with discharg'e openings, all in a manner. and, for the purpose described, the upper end of the cone being open, and a bumper member arranged within the open end of said cone. v Q l 2. In a device of the class described, a, container having an opening formed in the central portion of trally-witl1in the container and terminating at its upper end beneaththe top of the container, the apex portion of the cone being opened, a bumper member arranged within the opening in ,in s. p V

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ELIE Lnsraen its top, acone arranged 'centhe apex of the cone, a plurality of substantially inverted V-s'haped 

